Head-rest



( No Model.)

' D. G. '81.- G. J. MGDIARMID.

HEAD REST.

No. 324,398. Patented Aug. 18, 1885.

N. PETERS. Fwmhlhognphl'. Washington. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DoNALD o. MODIARMID AND CARRIE J. MODIARMID, OF SOUTH BEND,

, INDIANA.

HEAD- SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 324,398, datedAugust 18, 1885.

Application filed February 25, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DONALD G. MODIAR- MID and CARRIE J. MODIARMID,citizens of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county ofSt. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Head-Rests, of which the following is a specification,to wit.

This invention relates to an improvement in head-rests for railroad andotherseats; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangementof the same, whereby its adjustment and ease of folding is facilitated,substantially as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a rear elevation; Fig. 2, a side View; Fig. 3, 'adetail view of the looking-cam, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section of therest.

A represents the side supports of the rest, which are formed with acurved extension, A, for clasping the back of the seat, and also withaswiveled extension or arm, A, supported in a lug, a, cast on the backof the support, and passing through a slot, at, in a similar lug belowthe first. The back of the seat is clasped between the extensions A A,and the latter, being swiveled, may be turned freely around toaccommodate a seat of greater thickness, and is locked in eitherposition by an eccentric lever, c upon the slotted lug, as in Fig. 3.

Upon the standards A A are placed the end pieces, B B, of the head-rest,arranged to slide vertically upon said standards and be held at anypoint by a fiat spring, b, placed between the parts B and A, as seen inFig. 1. To one of the castings B is hinged a connecting-brace, O,'whichextends across the device and has its opposite end restingin a socket,b',.in the opposite casting, as in Fig. 4.. The two parts B B arepreferably formed with grooved outer I sides, and in these grooves aresecured the endsof the rest D, of carpet, canvas, or other suitableflexible material.

In operation the standards A A are secured to the back of a chair orother seat and connected by the brace O, and is then ready for use,being shoved up or down to suit the person using it. When not. wanted,the standards are detached, the brace O lifted from its socket at oneend and swung down alongside of the casting to whichit is hinged, andthe whole rolled up in the flexible rest D, and being light and small,may be stowed away In valise or shawl-strap till again wanted.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a head-rest, the combination, with the two main supports providedwith clamps for engaging the seat-back, of two castings sliding uponsaid standards and connected by a flexible fabric, springs upon saidcastings bearing against the standards to retain the rest In position,and a brace hinged to one of these castings and having its enddetachably secured to the other, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. The standards A,having curved extension A and lugs a a, one of whichis provided with a slot, in combination with the auxiliary foot Asjviveled in one lug and passing through the slot in the other, and theeccentric a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a head-rest, the standards A, swiveled portion A, and eccentric ain combination with the sliding frames B B,having the springs b, thehinged brace O, and the flexible fabric D, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we alfix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

DONALD G. MODIABMID. CARRIE J. MODIARMID.

